Course Information

Professors:

Peter S. Menell
Simon 686; ph: 642-5489; email
Office Hours: by appointment

Administrative Assistant:

Jennifer Zahgkuni
Boalt 354; ph 643-4653 email

Robert Barr
Boalt 372; ph: 643-6960; email
Office Hours: by appointment

LAW & TECHNOLOGY WRITING WORKSHOP

Fall Course Requirements (2 credits)

• Join and participate in BTLJ
• Class meeting time: Tuesday 2:20 - 4:10 pm (room 123 - unless otherwise noted)
• Complete various research and writing assignments (ON TIME)
• Prepare a polished case comment (approx. 20 pages double-spaced) by December 20, 2006
• Present another student’s piece and provide constructive commentary
• Submit draft for consideration by BTLJ editors

Spring Requirements (1 credit - 299)

• Perform a substantive edit (and cite check) on another piece written for the class
• Revise your comment to the satisfaction of BTLJ editors
• Assist in final production

Week	Date	Description
	8/22	Introduction; Discuss Annual Review of Law & Technology; Analysis of Case Comments from Annual Review; Review Overall Structure and Reporting and Background of Case; Overview of Law & Technology; Distribute and Review Topic List Assignment: Fill out topic preference form
	8/28 10 am	Assignment: Submit preference form for topics to in the box outside Boalt 355
	8/29	Distribute Assignments; Describe Background Paper/Pathfinder Assignments Assignment: Preliminary Research on Topic; Reporting of Case (3 - 5 pages)
	9/5	Presentation on Conducting Research on Law and Technology Issues *NOTE: THIS CLASS MEETS IN LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB* Assignment: Pathfinder/Briefing Paper
	9/8 2:00 pm	Reporting of Case Due SUBMIT THIS AND ALL SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENTS IN THE BOX OUTSIDE BOALT 355 AND TO YOUR ADVISOR’S BOX
	week of 9/11	Breakout Sessions – meeting with advisor, module, and Professors Menell and/or Barr (45 minutes)
	9/19	Analytical Perspectives *Background Reading* : • Menell & Scotchmer, Intellectual Property Assignment : Read 2 Notes from the BERKELEY TECH. L.J. on your topic area assigned to you by your advisor; Reminder that your Pathfinder/Briefing Paper are due at the end of this week; start work on your outline.
	9/22 10:00 am	Pathfinder/Briefing Paper Due
	week of 10/2	Flyback Week
	10/9 10:00 am	Outline Due
	week of 10/9	Breakout Sessions - meeting with advisor
	10/17	Legal Writing Primer Background Reading: • packet to be distributed • editing project: selected paragraphs (reporting of the case) from a draft case comment on ProCD v. Zeidenberg. Assignment: • Carefully revise the sample case comment. Focus on the overall structure of the excerpt (ordering of ideas in the paragraphs) as well as the sentence structure, word choice, and grammar of the draft.
	week of 10/23	Breakout Sessions - meeting with advisor and Professors Menell and/or Barr (30 minutes per student) Future Assignment: First Draft
	10/24	Blue-booking, Editing, Style Manual Assignment: Continue work on First Draft
	week of 10/30	Breakout Sessions - Meeting with advisers and Professors Menell and/or Barr (30 minutes per student)
	10/30 2:00 pm	First Draft Due
	week of 11/6	Module Presentations Intermediate Draft Due on Monday before presentation (distribute to all module members, advisor, Professors Menell/Barr (Boalt 355))
	week of 11/13	Module Presentations Intermediate Draft Due on Monday before presentation (distribute to all module members, advisor, Professors Menell/Barr (Boalt 355))
	week of 11/20	Module Presentations Intermediate Draft Due on Monday before presentation (distribute to all module members, advisor, Professors Menell/Barr (Boalt 355))
	11/24	Thanksgiving
	week of 11/27	Module Presentations Intermediate Draft Due on Monday before presentation (distribute to all module members, advisor, Professors Menell/Barr (Boalt 355))
	11/28	Concluding Session lunch 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm room 121
	12/20	Final Draft Due